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Canada is looking to places beyond the White House to support a chapter on the environment in an updated version of the North American Free Trade Agreement, despite U.S. President Donald Trump's indifference, at one point even denial, towards climate change. More
Sep 23, 8:05 AM ET audio

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The new British High Commisioner to Canada says the U.K. is open to the so-called progressive chapters the Canadian government has been pushing for in free trade deals, but not right off the bat. More
Sep 22, 7:45 PM ET audio

Canada's ambassador to China says the Liberal government is still making its pro and con list about launching formal talks around a free trade deal with the global superpower, including the potential public fallout. More
Sep 22, 7:45 PM ET audio

Jaime Watt, executive chairman of Navigator Ltd, Kathleen Monk, a principal at Earnscliffe and David Herle, a principal Partner at the Gandalf Group, break down this week's political peacocking. More
Sep 22, 7:46 PM ET audio

Past Episodes

The NHL pre-season is just under way, so the trade deadline is still a ways away, but there's plenty of trade fodder in Ottawa these days. This week on The House Midweek podcast, we dive into CETA coming into effect and the third round of NAFTA talks with experts Meredith Lilly and Scott Sinclair.

This week, as opioids and fentanyl continue their march across the country and claim more lives, The House looks at how the crisis has been tackled so far, and how one province that has yet to be hit - New Brunswick - could soon be affected.

Ontario has a plan to handle the pot business in 2018. The province is the first to outline how and where marijuana will be sold once it becomes legal. But will their approach work? Ottawa's point person on pot, Liberal MP Bill Blair, joins us. Then, we ask former chief of the defence staff Tom Lawson about how Canada can handle North Korea.

The second round of the North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations have wrapped up, but it's still unclear how much progress the negotiators have been making. For the midweek podcast, we caught up with Alex Panetta from the Canadian Press who is still in Mexico City.

This week on The House, former prime minister Paul Martin and Naiomi Metallic, the chancellor's chair in Aboriginal law and policy at Dalhousie University, reflect on this week's signal from the Liberal government that they're willing to move the country beyond the Indian Act.

Results from Canada's first national survey looking at operational stress injuries among first responders such as police, paramedics, firefighters and 911 operators suggest they are much more likely to develop a mental disorder than the general population.